Should I go to the ER???

Hello ladies,For the past couple of days, I have been having these episodes where all of a sudden I get a pain in my chest,hot all over, dizzy and short of breath. I have never experienced anything like this. I am 25y/o and this is my first child. Should I call my doc or go to the ER???

Hello ladies,For the past couple of days, I have been having these episodes where all of a sudden I get a pain in my chest,hot all over, dizzy and short of breath. I have never experienced anything like this. I am 25y/o and this is my first child. Should I call my doc or go to the ER???

I'd do like someone else mentioned and call your doctor's answering service to get the on-call doctor or nurse. If your OB's office doesn't have a way to be reached after hours (which isn't likely, seeing as how he's bound to have to deliver babies at all hours of the night) go to the ER.

I'd do like someone else mentioned and call your doctor's answering service to get the on-call doctor or nurse. If your OB's office doesn't have a way to be reached after hours (which isn't likely, seeing as how he's bound to have to deliver babies at all hours of the night) go to the ER.

I had a couple of those symptoms but they passed. The chest thing could point to something not pregnancy related. I'd call.

Keep in mind that if you go to the ER and it's not an emergency, you are going to sit there forever (as emergencies obviously get priority in an ER). Your doctor could probably get you an answer, and put your mind at ease, faster.

I had a couple of those symptoms but they passed. The chest thing could point to something not pregnancy related. I'd call.

Keep in mind that if you go to the ER and it's not an emergency, you are going to sit there forever (as emergencies obviously get priority in an ER). Your doctor could probably get you an answer, and put your mind at ease, faster.

When this happened to me last year (with cough), it was me getting over H1N1, which turned its ugly self into pneumonia. The walk-in clinic fixed me up for a lot less time and money I would have put into an ED visit.

When this happened to me last year (with cough), it was me getting over H1N1, which turned its ugly self into pneumonia. The walk-in clinic fixed me up for a lot less time and money I would have put into an ED visit.

To everyone else: Please do not take these signs lightly. I'm a nurse & my heart sinks when I see posts like these... A previous poster said, "...if you go to the ER and it's not an emergency, you are going to sit there forever"

The ER has no way of knowing whether or not it's a true emergency until they evaluate you. Chest pain & shortness of breath get you pretty much bumped to the head of the line in the ER. Chest pain combined with shortness of breath are always a cause for concern. At the very least, a doctor should be called. They are 2 classic signs of a heart attack normally, but also for blood clots (which OP's doc was rightly concerned about) which we are all at an increased risk of during pregnancy. Better safe than sorry.

I'm so glad everything turned out OK for you! Keep yourself hydrated!

To everyone else: Please do not take these signs lightly. I'm a nurse & my heart sinks when I see posts like these... A previous poster said, "...if you go to the ER and it's not an emergency, you are going to sit there forever"

The ER has no way of knowing whether or not it's a true emergency until they evaluate you. Chest pain & shortness of breath get you pretty much bumped to the head of the line in the ER. Chest pain combined with shortness of breath are always a cause for concern. At the very least, a doctor should be called. They are 2 classic signs of a heart attack normally, but also for blood clots (which OP's doc was rightly concerned about) which we are all at an increased risk of during pregnancy. Better safe than sorry.

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